In October ’99, in one of the former bases of the command headquarters of Serbian criminal gangs, a list of names of military formations operating in Drenica was found, such as…”/ The unknown side of Serbian crimes in Kosovo

From Sheradin BERISHA

Part Two

Memorie.al – It is estimated that during the war in Kosovo (1998-1999), Serbian military and paramilitary forces killed, executed, or massacred in the cruelest forms about 15,000 Albanians, 90% of whom were unarmed civilians…! During this period, nearly 20,000 Albanian women were raped. Furthermore, it is reported that over 3,000 Albanians were abducted, some of whom were found after the war in mass graves in Serbia, while the fate of 2,087 others remains unknown. According to an estimate, during the period March 1998 – June 1999, Serbian criminal units and heavy artillery partially or completely destroyed and burned about 1,100 Albanian settlements, looted, burned, and destroyed over 200,000 houses, residences, commercial premises, craft workshops, factories, schools, libraries, cultural-historical monuments, cultural, scientific, religious facilities, etc.

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Who are the barbarians who took part in the execution of 147 Albanians in Izbica?

According to the report of the KMDLNJ (Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms – Kosovo) (April 6, 2000), local Serbs from the villages of Drenica and Burim (formerly Istog) were also involved in the execution of 147 Albanians in Izbica. The following took part in this cruel massacre: 42 members of the Tomasheviq family from Syrigana, and they are:

1. Mihajlo Tomasheviq
2. Veselin Tomasheviq
3. Sllavko Tomasheviq
4. Vujadin Tomasheviq
5. Nenad Tomasheviq
6. Stojadin Tomasheviq
7. Igor Tomasheviq
8. Miloje Tomasheviq
9. Vladan Tomasheviq
10. Radoslav Tomasheviq
11. Vasilije Tomasheviq
12. Milosh Tomasheviq
13. Radivoje Tomasheviq
14. Preda Tomasheviq
15. Srgjan Tomasheviq
16. Millorad Tomasheviq
17. Mileta Tomasheviq
18. Radenko Tomasheviq
19. Mile Tomasheviq
20. Stojadin Tomasheviq
21. Milenko Tomasheviq
22. Milan Tomasheviq
23. Dragoljub Tomasheviq
24. Gjoko Tomasheviq
25. Boshko Tomasheviq
26. Zhivorad Tomasheviq
27. Zhivojin Tomasheviq
28. Najdan Tomasheviq
29. Nebojsha Tomasheviq
30. Nenad Tomasheviq
31. Branillav Tomasheviq
32. Ratko Tomasheviq
33. Filip Tomasheviq
34. Dejan Tomasheviq
35. Gordan Tomasheviq
36. Predrag Tomasheviq
37. Despot Tomasheviq
38. Tadisha Tomasheviq
39. Sinisha Tomasheviq
40. Tomisllav Tomasheviq
41. Zoran Tomasheviq, and
42. Goran Tomasheviq. Then,
43. Branisllav Kragoviq
44. Ratko Kragoviq, his son – also from Syrigana.
45. Marko Ristiq
46. Marko Damjanoviq
47. Dragoljub Rajkoviq
48. Jovica Rajkoviq
49. Rade Kovaçeviq – Zec
50. Dika Kovaçeviq
51. Ognjan Kovaçeviq
52. Gjorgje Mojsiq
53. Radosav Kovaçeviq – Cule
54. Mile Jokiq
55. Nebojsha Kovaçeviq
56. Sinisha Jokiq
57. Svetozar Ristiq
58. Zoran Kovaçeviq – Princ, all from Banja;
59. Momir Milentijeviq
60. Zoran Jovanoviq
61. Milutin Arisiq,
62. Milan Todoroviq
63. Dejan Spasiq
64. Nebojsha Nikçiq
65. Miodrag Komatina
66. Niqifor Kovaçeviq
67. Dragan Dimitrieviq
68. Vukmiq Lazareviq – from Runiku
69. Todor Deverxhiq
70. Rade Deverxhiq
71. Dragisha Deverxhiq
72. Milan Shteviq
73. Dragomir Shteviq
74. Miliq Petroviq, and
75. Ognjan Petroviq, from Radisheva
76. Nenad Shmigiq
77. Radoje Shmigiq
78. Cvetko Shmigiq
79. Dragan Shmigiq, and
80. Gollub Shmigiq from Leçina.
81. Dadosha Iliq
82. Zhivoin Iliq, and
83. Momçillo Radovanoviq – from Kuçica.
84. Zhivko Jokoviq, and
85. Radosllav Kandiq from Kotorr, as well as
86. Radivoje Rasha – Kalenoviq with his sons
87. Dejan Rasha and
88. Dushan Rasha
89. Zvonko Jovanoviq
90. Zoran Jovanoviq
91. Bllagoje Çolakoviq
92. Nenad Çolakoviq
93. Radosh Lajoviq
94. Ilija Trajkoviq
95. Rajko Rajçiq
96. Vllado Bakraçeviq
97. Lubisha Iliq
98. Momo Peleviq Sllagjan (traffic policeman)
99. Sadudin Rexhepagiq (Bosniak) – all from Skënderaj.
100. Goran Shapiq,
101. Rade Shapiq, and
102. Dushan Shapiq, all three from Belica of Burim (formerly Istog).

(This list with the names of the Serbian barbarians is in the hands of UNMIK and the institutions of Kosovo, but as far as are known to date, they have done nothing to bring these barbarians before justice).

Who are the other Serbian criminal gangs that committed crimes in Drenica?

In October 1999, in the village of Sankoc in Drenica, during the clearing of the terrain by the TMK unit (Kosovo Protection Corps), Battalion I “Ymer Alushani” of Brigade 121 “Kumanova”, a list with names of military formations operating in Drenica was found in one of the former command headquarters bases of the Serbian criminal gangs. Telephone numbers, various photographs, and diaries that these criminals kept during the war in Kosovo were also found there. (See: Ekskluzive magazine, no. 1, January 2000, p. 101)

The list of names of the Serbian barbarians is as follows:

Llazareviq Dragisha, second lieutenant

Gjorgjeviq Sinisha, sergeant

Blanusha Mile, senior sergeant

Korçag Goran, first-class sergeant

Millanoviq Predrag, corporal

Radulloviq Nebojsha

Simiq Goran

Kostiq Sasha

Daniq Sllobodan

Gjorgjeviq Zoran

Shabiq Zvonko

Qausheviq Nenad

Jovanoviq Dragi

Momqilloviq Miroslav

Ivanoviq Milivoje

Dejanoviq Verolub

Janjusheviq Zhivorad

Nedelkoviq Bratisllav

Petkoviq Bogolub

Gjoriq Sllavolub

Vaniq Rasha

Dimiq Dushan

Bajrami Igor

Aliq Zoran

Branko Jançiq

Who are the Serbian barbarians involved in the killing of Albanians in Sllatina of Fushë-Kosovo…?!

After the end of the war in Kosovo, in the garage of Rrahim Imeri’s house in the village of Sllatina in Fushë-Kosovo, a list was found with the names of members of Serbian military and police forces who took part in the killing of Albanians in Sllatina and in the looting and burning of Albanian houses in this village. (*Ekskluzive* Magazine, no. 4, April 2000, p. 52)

This list includes the names of these criminals:

Zoran Vukdragoviq – lieutenant

Lubisha Simiq – sergeant

Zoran Ristovski

Dushan Jevriq

Zoran Joviq

Mladen Peshiq

Milosh Mihajloviq

Marko Zhivoinoviq

Slavisha Gjorgjeviq

Miodrag Pejatoviq

Dejan Mikiq

Igor Gurkoviq

Ivan Stanojeviq

Zoran Mimiq

Radoje Bulatoviq

Mile Rangjeloviq

Cvetko Boshkiq

Radoslav Ristia

Slobodan Gjurgjeviq

Darko Miloviq

Dragisha Ivanoviq

Ivan Steviq

Vladeta Stojanoviq

Sasha Aksiq

Nenad Jovanoviq

Nenad Zhivkoviq, and

Dejan Slaviq.

(The criminal Dejan Saviq is reported to have also been a participant in the massacres against Albanian civilians in Opojë)

Which barbaric Serbian units killed and massacred 42 Albanians in the village of Qyshk and 35 others in the neighboring villages of Pavlan and Zahaq of Peja?

On May 14, 1999, in the village of Qyshk (2-3 km from Peja), 42 males were killed and brutally massacred during a furious attack by combined elite Serbian military and paramilitary forces. On this fateful day for Qyshk, the following were killed and some of them also burned: Ramë Dervish Gashi (65 years old), Xhafer Ramë Gashi (40), Rrahim Dervish Gashi (55), Rasim Hysen Ramaj (45), Metë Shala (55), Selim Maxhun Gashi (50), Haki N. Gashi (45), Jashar Azem Gashi (58), Muharrem Azem Gashi (50), Avni Drevish Gashi (50), Skënder Dervish Gashi (35), Musë Shaban Gashi (63), Ibish Kadri Gashi (55), Rrahim Shaban Gashi (55), Ahmet Rrustem Gashi (35), Emin Bekë Gashi (60), Emrush Krasniqi, guest from Vranoci, Ismet Bajraktari, guest from Raushiqi, Hasan Metë Hatamaj – guest from Batusha, Gani Avdyl Hasanaj, guest from Batusha, Hasan Ahmet Çeku (70), Bedri Ahmet Çeku (65), Isuf Shala, guest from Grabofci, Çaush Rrustem Lushi, Ardian Çaushi (30), Ardian Çaush Lushi (20), Osman Haxhi Lushi (48), Sefedin Haxhi Lushi (44), Avdullah Lush Lushi (45), Ukë Lush Lushi (43), Ramiz Lush Lushi (40), Xhafer Lush Lushi (35), Skënder Lush Lushi (30), Nifa Din Kelmendi (55), Skënder Din Kelmendi (50), Besim Din Kelmendi (38), Ardian Skënder Dina (20), Rrahim Sylë Kelmendi (40), Xhemë Isuf Kelmendi (40), Mentor Shaban Kelmendi (22), Avdi Shaban Berisha (58), and Zeçir Aliaj – guest from Zllopeku.

On the morning of the same day, Serbian forces had also attacked two other neighboring villages, Pavlan and Zahaq, and after driving the women, children, and elderly out of their homes, they also cruelly killed 35 innocent Albanians.

– In the village of Pavlan, the following were executed:

1.Zymer Sadik Gashi (70 years old), 2. Agush Selman Gashi, 3. Liman Hajzer Gashi, 4. Haxhi Rexhë Dreshaj (41), 5. Shaban Tahir Kelmendi (52), 6. Zenun Shala, guest from Fusha e Pejës, 7. Musë Isuf Lulaj (75), 8. Rrahim Salih Nikçi (55), 9. Xheirane Brahim Nikçi (25), 10. Hatixhe Kamer Nikçi (50), 11. Ajshe Avdyli, and 12. Gashi-Kelmendi (40).

– While in Zahaq, these persons were executed:

2.Zenel Bekë Berisha, 2. Shaban Kasem Neziraj, 3. Sadri Ymer Ramaj, 4. Faton Sadri Ramaj, 5. Valdet Nezir Ramaj, 6. Shpend Rexhë Hyseni, 7. Naim Hajrullah Hyseni, 8. Ismet Hajrullah Hyseni, 9. Haki Hajrullah Hyseni, 10. Sabit Hajrullah Hyseni, 11. Bajrush Avdyl Hyseni, 12. Fehmi Rashit Gjokaj, 13. Hysen Rashit Gjokaj, 14. Ruzhdi Halil Dobraj, 15. Muhamet Halil Dobraj, 16. Halil Halil Dobraj, 17. Bekim Ahmet Delijaj – Roma, 18. Shaban Sokol Ramaj, 19. Zymer Osmanaj, 20. Shaban Osmanaj, 21. Fakë Rexhep Murati – guest, 22. Demë Ahmet Hatashi, from Leshani.

Participating in the massacre of Albanian civilians was:

– The “Frenki” formation, a commando unit named after its leader Franko Simatoviq – “Frenki”, which was part of the special state security forces of Serbia, also known as “Crvene beretke” (“The Red Berets”).

– “Operativna Grupa” or “OPG” (Operational Group), an elite unit of the Serbian police, whose members proudly called themselves “Magla” (“The Fog”), because after the operations they undertook they left no trace. The “OPG” is reported to have received orders from high-ranking generals in the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Based on testimonies from several Serbian sources, members of the OPG also took part in several other notorious massacres in Kosovo, in Donje Obrinje (Abri i Ulët), in Reçak, in Pavlan, in Zahaq, etc.

– The sniper unit of the Third “Yugoslav” Army, a group noted to have been under the direct command of the chief-general of the Third Serbian Army. Then, the paramilitary groups known as “Munja” (“Lightning”). “Munja”, in a report by the organization “Human Rights Watch” (HRW), is described as “a bizarre embodiment of police officers, criminals and self-proclaimed patriots, (fully under the control of the army and police), who were considered legendary by the Serbs for their skirmishes with the Kosovo Liberation Army and for their merciless attacks on Albanian civilians.” / Memorie.al

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